Our students from secondary schools across Hull formed a picket line of poetry for National Writing Day protesting their right to express themselves creatively
The Fault in Our Stories
Writer-in-Residence Mashuda Snaith introduces the 2019 anthology by students at the City of Leicester College.
#Merky Books Collaboration
We’re delighted to be working with Stormzy’s #Merky Books and the Good Literary Agency on the #Merky Books New Writers’ Prize.
100-Word Story 2018 Winners
Now in its fifth year, First Story’s 100-Word Story competition, judged by Vintage, is open to participating students, aged 11-18.
Creative Writing in Schools: Recommendations
Arts Council England releases its final report on the outcomes and impact of our three-year Creative Writing in Schools grant.
Robert Webb will present our BBC Radio 4 Appeal
The actor and author Robert Webb will be presenting a charity appeal on beahlf of First Story on Radio 4.
Imaru Lewis at YWF18
First Story programme graduate, Imaru Lewis’s speech to current students at the Young Writers’ Festival 2018.
YWF18 Highlights
YWF18 speakers included award-winning poets Kei Miller and Shivanee Ramlochan and best-selling author Stephen Kelman.
100-Word Story 2017 Winners
We’re delighted to announce the winner of the 2017 First Story 100-Word Story Competition in partnership with Vintage.
YWF17 Highlights
YWF17 went dual-site for the first time! Featuring poets John Agard and Grace Nichols in Oxford, while Simon Armitage spoke in Hull.
First Story has partnered with the BBC
First Story announced as one of two new partners of the BBC’s short story awards.
New research shows that arts projects can help narrow the achievement gap
Literature review from First Story, Paper Nations and LKMco explores what schools can do to support creative writing.
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall celebrates her 70th birthday in style
David Walliams and Lauren Child were among authors to celebrate with The Duchess of Cornwall where charities gifted 70 children’s books to 70 schools.
Make your voice heard as a First Story Ambassador
We’re looking for First Story graduates to shape what we do.
The Folio Academy Mentorship Scheme needs you
Take your writing to the next level by applying to our exclusive Mentorship scheme in partnership with the Folio Prize Foundation and Rathbones.
The First Story Residential Anthology 2016
We’re thrilled to share the 2016 Residential Anthology which is full of brave new writing.
The Young Writers’ Festival 2016 Headliners Announced!
Naomi Alderman, Laura Dockrill, Anthony McGowan and Dave Rudden will be joining First Story at this year’s Young Writers’ Festival
Become a Cheltenham Festivals Writer-in-Residence
First Story has partnered with Cheltenham Festivals to run writing residencies to Gloucestershire secondary schools.
First Story is now a member of The Fair Education Alliance
Together we’re fighting against educational inequality and narrowing the attainment gap.
The Bookseller reports on the ‘substantial impact’ of First Story
The Bookseller have published an article about us to celebrate First Story becoming London Book Fair’s Charity of the Year 2016
The winner of our Letters Live Six-Word Story Competition
We’re thrilled to announce the winner of the competition we ran in the lobby of the Freemasons’ Hall as a charity partner for Letters Live
A 5 minute interview with William Fiennes
Read what our co-founder has to say about his desert island books, his literary guilty pleasure and, of course, First Story.
First Story Young Writers in a Ted Hughes Prize shorlisted poem
Kate Clanchy has been nominated for the Ted Hughes Prize for a radio poem that features the voices of First Story young writers.
First Story is London Book Fair’s Charity of the Year
London Book fair descibed us a ‘force for good in the larger publishing ecosystem’.
